I was thinking about midterm rental by UCD med center, but the Elmhurst area is too expensive, and Oak Park is too dangerous in my mind.

Personally, I'd never write anything like this in a public forum (I'd never think it in the first place) as I think it dangerously borders on racism but to each their own.

As you know, you don’t have enough to make a first-position loan, and second-position loans are easily wiped out and way too dangerous.

Here are some suggestions on how to perhaps increase your original $1,000Save and BudgetSide HustlesEducate YourselfInvest in Stocks or ETFsPeer-to-Peer LendingHigh-Yield Savings AccountReal Estate CrowdfundingNever forget that there are dangers associated with investments, so before making any decisions, make sure you've done your homework and, if necessary, spoken with financial experts.

The animal can be rejected and it can be a lease violation of the animal is a disturbance or is a danger to the community.  

. - Even as part of my management company where we managed over 400 rental houses, unless it was a true emergency such as a broken water line, dangerous electrical hazard such as sparking lines, a gas line leak, etc we did not deal with emergencies in the middle of the night.

I agree leverage over leverage is dangerous especially if it's tied to primary.Rather than using HELOC as downpayment for a BRRRR project, better to use loan from 401k and/or Portfolio LOC.

Property managers may be good sources of info for what neighborhoods are generally good and those which are dangerous.

There is a danger of just trying to learn more and more and more without ever doing.

Funny but at least there is some substance, and some will actually learn from that topic.